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The collapse of US giant Enron has been plastered all over the media and the issue of auditor independence has raised its ugly head once again. After discussing that and other related issues amongst ourselves, we had a chat with Trevor Sykes, a man who knows more than most about such matters.

In our humble opinion, Sykes is Australia's finest business journalist. Not only has he written several excellent books - one, The Numbers Game, appears on our recommended reading list - he's also the creator of the infamous Pierpont character in Friday's Australian...

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